Today’s piece is a staple of the “Lessons and
Carols” service that Anglican churches (and some others) put on this time of
year.
I can remember driving up to New Jersey from
Williamsburg one year, and listening via NPR stations to the broadcast of this
service from Kings College, Cambridge, which seems to be the big dog in Lessons
and Carols services. As we drove away from one station’s signal, we’d pick the broadcast up on another one.
The format for “Once in Royal David’s City” is
standard: single boy soprano sings the first verse solo and acapella, then the
choir/congregation join in. Finally, the big blowout final verse, with descant.
In my opinion, it don’t get much better than this. Youse’ll want to crank up
the volume.
1 comment:
It is broadcast every Christmas Eve and I think repeated every Christmas morning on WGMS. Family tradition IF we remember!
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